Time Zones

[Jugsmalone]

OK , I need a bit of help here cause I R Stupid ,

My time zone thingy is not right I keep changing it and it still is not right I am eastern time zone now and I can not fig out how to set it on my profile cause its all this gmt+ or - stuff can someone please help me I hate not knowing the correct times for stuff.


Thanks YOu

[ivanelme]

EST should be GMT -5.

[MajorOutage]

We're still in DST, though, so right now it's -4 instead of -5.

[Innari]

Jugs,

You're in the same Time Zone as I am. Go into your Profile and change it to:

(UTC-5:00) Eastern Standard Time [Eastern Time (US & Canada)]

I believe the website auto adjusts for Daylight Savings Time, as I've not changed my profile time in years.

Once you've selected that line from the drop down list, click Update Profile and you should be good.

Hope that helps!

Dani

[Jugsmalone]

thank you so much I am such a dunce with this stuff

[Talidro]

The website *might* adjust for daylight savings, but the forums do not. I have to change it twice yearly between GMT-6 and GMT-5 and I've had to do so for about 4 years now. All of the phpBB boards I'm registered on work the same way, they don't remember daylight savings time which kinda sucks, although the vBulletin boards do.

[Meenstreek]

Or just live in hawaii and always be -10 from GMT. No worries about Daylight Savings Time .

[Jenibell]

I wonder if Iraq has daylight savings... I'm gonna look that up
I doubt it dose though...

[Innari]

The website *might* adjust for daylight savings, but the forums do not. I have to change it twice yearly between GMT-6 and GMT-5 and I've had to do so for about 4 years now. All of the phpBB boards I'm registered on work the same way, they don't remember daylight savings time which kinda sucks, although the vBulletin boards do.

I'm not sure, nor have I looked real hard, but the phpbb3 might do that. phpbb3 is pretteh.

[Dynamiks]

A really handy site is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ You can see at a glance exactly what time it is anywhere in the world, Then all sorts of info is available like what + or - GMT you are if you click on your city or a city that is actually in your time zone.

Yes Jeni, Iraq is currently on day light saving time..

Now if we could just get the Brits to say BST in summer instead of GMT.. there would be a LOT less confusion!
UTC/GMT is constant, never changes

[Myz_Lilith]

Now if we could just get the Brits to say BST in summer instead of GMT.. there would be a LOT less confusion!

But we do!

(Obviously I can't speak for people that get confused and say GMT when they mean BST - the poor misguided fools!* - but they're seen as completely distinct things, and generally most people know not to talk of GMT when we're during britsh summer time, everything time related I can remember always has reffered to as BST in the summer time, and only referred to GMT in the winter...)

*Of course, I myself can never remember if the clocks go back or forward in the autumn, but that's a whole different issue and completely understandable and not foolish at all

[Innari]

*Of course, I myself can never remember if the clocks go back or forward in the autumn, but that's a whole different issue and completely understandable and not foolish at all

Spring Ahead, Fall Back. *nods* Words to live by.

[Vallikat]

*Of course, I myself can never remember if the clocks go back or forward in the autumn, but that's a whole different issue and completely understandable and not foolish at all

Spring forward/Fall back. Easy-peasy.

Now if we can just get people in the eastern time zone to figure out that EST is not short for "Eastern Time" it is short for "Eastern Standard Time" and therefore an entirely different thing from EDT all manner of things will be well.

[Dynamiks]

To the rest of the world.. Fall is Autumn...

[Vallikat]

We call it Autumn too, Dyna. It's just an easy mnemonic that I learned as a child is all.

[Myz_Lilith]

I never realised that. I mean, I assumed Americans were aware of the existence of the word "Autumn" But I thought everyone always called it "Fall", I never knew both words were used...

[Innari]

Ugh...this is now stuck in my head...

"Winter, Spring, Summer, or Faaaalllll....all you have to do is call! And I'll be there..."

[Jenibell]

so funny thing is I got this email today:
Per FRAGO 07-309:
Effective 292359LSEP07, the Government of Iraq will change its clocks to 292300LSep07 (GMT + 3 hours).

On Saturday evening, 29 Sep 07, please set your clocks back 1 hour.